as a Last Name
- 8,748
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bracken
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled’, ‘spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; St. Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.
| 4,096th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,748
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Bracken per capita
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